Patents by Inventor Julie H. Yu

Julie H. Yu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Pseudotyped retroviral vectors and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 8163893
    Abstract: The present invention provides nucleic acids encoding recombinant envelope proteins; and packaging cells comprising the nucleic acids, which packaging cells provide for encapsidation of recombinant retroviral vectors. The present invention provides producer cells that produce pseudotyped recombinant retroviral vectors. The present invention further provides methods of purifying pseudotyped recombinant retroviral vectors; and purified pseudotyped recombinant retroviral vectors. The present invention further provides methods of delivering a gene product to an individual. The methods generally involve introducing a subject recombinant retroviral vector into an individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Caifornia
    Inventors: David V. Schaffer, Julie H. Yu
  • PSEUDOTYPED RETROVIRAL VECTORS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20090220458
    Abstract: The present invention provides nucleic acids encoding recombinant envelope proteins; and packaging cells comprising the nucleic acids, which packaging cells provide for encapsidation of recombinant retroviral vectors. The present invention provides producer cells that produce pseudotyped recombinant retroviral vectors. The present invention further provides methods of purifying pseudotyped recombinant retroviral vectors; and purified pseudotyped recombinant retroviral vectors. The present invention further provides methods of delivering a gene product to an individual. The methods generally involve introducing a subject recombinant retroviral vector into an individual.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventors: David V. Schaffer, Julie H. Yu